WOSU News Staff

Ravi Bellamkonda takes the reins of Ohio's largest public university after former President Walter "Ted" Carter Jr. resigned after disclosing an inappropriate relationship with a podcaster.

Ted Carter was president of Ohio State University beginning in January of 2024.

A new Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission air quality report says eight air quality alerts were issued from November 2024 through October 2025.

The Columbus City Council amended the 2026 budget it passed on Monday to include $7.2 million for the Community Shelter Board.

Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton wrote the 2-1 opinion in 2014 that upheld bans on same-sex marriages in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and Tennessee. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision in that case.

A police internal investigation has begun looking into an alleged violation of the division's rules of conduct by Deputy Chief Elrico Alli.

The indictment said William T. Griffith was carrying a rifle, pistol and revolver when law enforcement officers found him at an airport construction site on Jan. 9

The project would be financed by Japan as part of a trade deal, but the U.S. Department of Commerce has not given a specific site for the project.

Black history in central Ohio is not confined to museum exhibits or distant landmarks. It’s woven into houses on quiet streets, classrooms on a busy campus and buildings that residents pass every day without a second thought.

Darron Lee is charged with first-degree murder in Tennessee in the death of his girlfriend Gabriella Perpetuo on Feb. 5, 2026.